Charles Boylan

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Charles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 102.7; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia. Boylan has a BA (honours) in English, a master's degree in Canadian literature and TESL and has been a College teacher for 10 years.

Boylan has also run for political office federally and provincially as a representative of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada and People's Front respectively.

He currently serves as leader of People's Front.

Boylan is also known as an electoral reform activist, active in the movement for proportional representation since 1997 when he became a director of the BC Electoral Change Coalition led by Troy Lanigan of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. He was also an active campaigner for Adriane Carr's Free Your Vote initiative in 2001 and 2002. In 2013, he was honoured by Fair Vote Canada with a Movement Founder Award at the organization's national convention.

Electoral history

Provincial elections

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Adrian Dix	9,229	55.13%
	Liberal	Bill Yuen	6,518	38.94%
	Green	Rev Warkentin	699	4.18%	–
	Libertarian	Matt Kadioglu	171	1.02%
	People's Front	Charles Boylan	122	0.73%
Total valid votes			16,739

B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	David Chudnovsky	10,573	49.97%
	Liberal	Patrick Wong	8,949	42.29%
	Green	Cody Matheson	1,273	6.02%	–
	Marijuana	John Patrick Gordon	266	1.26%
	People's Front	Charles Boylan	99	0.47%
Total			21,160	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Hastings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Joy MacPhail	8,009	41.64%		$44,787
	Liberal	Daniel Lee	7,600	39.51%		$44,695
	Green	Ian Gregson	2,874	14.94%	–	$1,764
	Marijuana	Davin Ouimet	409	2.13%		$394
	Social Credit	Carrol Barbara Woolsey	222	1.15%	–	$1,584
	People's Front	Charles Boylan	119	0.63%		$97
Total Valid Votes			19,233	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			134	0.70%
Turnout			19,367	68.11%

Federal elections

2004,2006,2008 Federal Elections (Vancouver South)

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	16,110	38.49%	-9.56%	$74,163
	Conservative	Wai Young	16,090	38.44%	+11.30%	$80,086
	New Democratic	Ann Chambers	7,376	17.62%	-3.45%	$22,765
	Green	Csaba Gulyas	2,065	4.93%	+1.65%	$413
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	211	0.50%	+0.04%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,852	100%	$85,093
Total rejected ballots			223
Turnout			42,075

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	20,991	48.05%	+3.54%	$62,784
	Conservative	Tarlok Sablok	11,856	27.14%	+1.64%	$68,523
	New Democratic	Bev Meslo	9,205	21.07%	-3.48%	$30,481
	Green	Doug Perry	1,435	3.28%	-0.30%	$1,280
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	202	0.46%	+0.17%
Total valid votes			43,689	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ujjal Dosanjh	18,196	44.51%	–	$67,157
	Conservative	Victor Soo Chan	10,426	25.50%	–	$70,471
	New Democratic	Bev Meslo	10,038	24.55%	–	$33,575
	Green	Doug Perry	1,465	3.58%	–	$1,451
	Christian Heritage	Frank Wagner	339	0.82%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	119	0.29%	–	$150
	Communist	Stephen Von Sychowski	105	0.25%	–	$389
	Independent	H. Sandhu	98	0.23%	–	$5,846
	Canadian Action	Joe Sixpack Horrocks	90	0.22%	–
Total valid votes			40,876	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			284	0.69%
Turnout			41,160	55.82%

2000 Federal Election (Vancouver South—Burnaby)

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Herb Dhaliwal	17,705	42.69%	–	$58,673
	Alliance	Ron Jack	15,384	37.09%	–	$28,116
	New Democratic	Herschel Hardin	3,848	9.27%	–	$13,583
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Tidball	2,649	6.38%	–	$2,621
	Green	Imtiaz Popat	646	1.55%	–	$594
	Independent	Michelle Jasmine Chang	465	1.12%	–
	Canadian Action	Adam Sealey	430	1.03%	–
	Independent	Derrick O'Keefe	158	0.38%	–	$317
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	101	0.24%	–	$600
	Natural Law	Prince Pabbies	81	0.19%	–
Total valid votes			41,467	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			288	0.69%
Turnout			41,755	58.38%

1997 Federal Election (Vancouver East)

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Libby Davies	14,961	42.25%	–	$52,043
	Liberal	Anna Terrana	13,123	37.06%	–	$52,663
	Reform	Keith Mitchell	4,287	12.10%	–	$11,525
	Green	Stuart Parker	1,221	3.44%	–	$2,871
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Cikes	964	2.72%	–	$5,167
	Christian Heritage	Gloria Kieler	226	0.63%	–	$844
	Natural Law	Wayne Melvin	185	0.52%	–
	Independent	Kimball Cariou	161	0.45%	–	$5,097
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	158	0.44%	–
	Independent	Ryan Bloc Québécois Bigge	121	0.34%	–
Total valid votes			35,407	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			403	1.13%
Turnout			35,810	59.88%

Bibliography

(1986). "How the Votes Were Cast." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 24.
Mulgrew, Ian (1981). "A mysterious party keeps the pot boiling." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 28.

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